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Webster 1828 Edition


Restlessly

REST'LESSLY

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adv.
Without rest; unquietly.
When the mind casts and turns itself restlessly from one thing to another.

Definition 2024


restlessly

restlessly

English

Adverb

restlessly (comparative more restlessly, superlative most restlessly)

  1. In a restless manner.
    • 1915, George A. Birmingham, chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:
      There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. [] Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

References

  • restlessly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911